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San Diego State Discards New Mexico, 4-1

Aztecs will face the winner of the BYU/UNLV game tomorrow at 7 p.m. MDT.

Bre DeSanta recorded her 19th win of the season.

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May 9, 2002

PROVO, Utah - In the fourth and final game of Day 1 of the 2002 Mountain West Conference Tournament, San Diego State defeated New Mexico 4-1 at Gail Miller Field, Thursday. With the win, San Diego State improves to 40-21-1 making it the fastest team to reach 40 wins in MWC history. New Mexico drops to 18-28-1.

The Aztecs got things going in the bottom of the first inning as leadoff hitter Kellie Nordhagen smacked a triple off the right field fence. Centerfielder Janna Kovensky brought her home off a single up the middle to take a quick 1-0 lead.

Kelcy Murphy hit a solo home run in the second inning, her fourth of the season to help San Diego State take a 2-0 lead.

The Lobos made a late run in the top of the sixth inning with Michelle Carter bringing in Sabrina Sandberg off a sacrifice fly to bring the lead within one. The Aztecs sealed the win in the same inning off a two-run home run from Amber Grahlman, her second of the season. She hit her other home run in the season opener.

MWC Pitcher of the Year Bre DeSanta (19-8) of SDSU pitched six innings on the mound, giving up two hits while striking out four batters. Amy Dumas (5-10) picked up the loss for New Mexico.

No. 1 San Diego State will face the winner of the BYU/UNLV game tomorrow at 7 p.m. New Mexico will play No. 6 Colorado State at 11:30 a.m. Friday.

Box score (NCAA)

BYU Cougars Women's Softball

New Mexico at San Diego State

May 09, 2002 at Provo, Ut (Gail Miller Field)

New Mexico 1 (18-28-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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CHAVEZ 3b................ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

GLASS cf................. 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

CARTER rf................ 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0

CHAFFEE 2b............... 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1

WARNER lf................ 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

CHAMBERS c............... 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0

KORSAK dh................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

McKinnon 1b.............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0

SANDBERG ss.............. 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0

DUMAS p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PUNTER p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 21 1 2 1 1 4 18 5 3

San Diego State 4 (40-21-1)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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NORDHAGEN lf............. 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

FIGUEROA ss.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0

KOVENSKY cf.............. 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0

GOUDY rf................. 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

HERSHMAN 2b.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 2

MURPHY 3b................ 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 0

GRAHLMAN c............... 2 1 1 2 0 1 4 0 0

TOUHEY dh................ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

EHRSAM 1b................ 3 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 1

DeSANTA p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 25 4 9 4 0 5 21 9 5

Score by Innings R H E

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New Mexico.......... 000 001 0 - 1 2 1

San Diego State..... 110 002 X - 4 9 0

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E - SANDBERG. LOB - NM 3; SDSU 5. 3B - NORDHAGEN; GOUDY. HR - MURPHY;

GRAHLMAN. HBP - CARTER. SH - GLASS; GOUDY; GRAHLMAN. SF - CARTER. SB -

KOVENSKY; EHRSAM.

New Mexico IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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DUMAS............... 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 9 10

PUNTER.............. 4.0 5 2 2 0 3 16 17

San Diego State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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DeSANTA............. 7.0 2 1 1 1 4 21 25

Win - DeSANTA (19-8). Loss - DUMAS (5-10). Save - None.

WP - PUNTER. HBP - by DeSANTA (CARTER).

Umpires - HP: Tony Maddox 1B: John Monaco 3B: Glenda Bates

Start: 7:00pm Time: 1:48 Attendance: 570

Game: MWC4